Anaheim Ducks Top 10 Prospects Rankings October 2013

1. Peter Holland, C - 2009 1st Round Pick Norfolk AHL
2. Richard Rakell, C - 2011 1st Round Pick Norfolk AHL
3. John Gibson, G - 2011 2nd Round Pick Norfolk AHL
4. Shea Theodore, D - 2013 1st Round Pick Seattle WHL
5. Nicolas Kerdiles, F - 2012 3rd Round Pick University of Wisconsin
6. Devante Smith-Pelly, RW - 2010 2nd Round Pick Norfolk AHL
7. William Karlsson, C - 2011 2nd Round Pick HV71 SHL (Sweden)
8. Joseph Cramarosa, C - 2011 3rd Round Pick Norfolk AHL
9. Frederik Andersen, G - 2012 3rd Round Pick Norfolk AHL
10. Antoine Laganiere, C - signed as free agent from Yale University in 2013 Norfolk AHL

Anaheim Ducks Opening Night Lineup

Lineup

Lines

Daniel Winnik, Andrew Cogliano, Saku Koivu
Patrick Maroon, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry
Jacob Silfverberg, Matthieu Perrault, Teemu Selanne
Matt Beleskey, Nick Bonino, Kyle Palmieri

Other Combinations (Perry, Getlaf, Palmieri may be the regular 2nd line)

Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf, Kyle Palmieri
Patrick Maroon, Nick Bonino, Matt Beleskey

Defenseman Pairings

Cam Fowler, Francois Beauchemin
Sami Vatanen, Bryan Allen
Ben Lovejoy, Mark Fistric

Starting Goaltender: Victor Fasth Backup: Jonas Hiller

Scratches: D Hampus Lindholm, RW Dustin Penner, Center Peter Holland

Anaheim Ducks Assign First Round Pick Shea Theodore to his Juniors Team

The Anaheim Ducks signed Shea Theodore to a three year entry level contract and sent him back to Seattle in the WHL.

2013 NHL Draft Prospect Battle - Theodore vs. McCoshen vs. Bigras vs. Hagg

The 2013 NHL Draft was considered one of the best drafts if not the best NHL draft since 2003. Did the Anaheim Ducks make the right selection with Defenseman Shea Theodore? After a run on defenseman in the earlier part of the first round, 7 forwards were selected with the 7 selections prior to Anaheim's pick. Theodore is probably more of an offensive defenseman than McCoshen or Bigras who were on the board at this selection. 41st overall pick Robert Hagg was considered a steal by many in the second round and many had the Swedish defenseman as a first round pick.
More goes into how these players do than their statistics but you can follow the statistics of these four defenseman here for fun to start.
26th Overall Pick Defenseman Shea Theodore Anaheim Ducks
31st Overall Pick Defenseman Ian McCoshen Florida Panthers
32nd Overall Pick Defenseman Chris Bigras Colorado Avalanche
41st Overall Pick Defenseman Robert Hagg Philadelphia Flyers

2013 Draft Prospects Tracker

1^st Round Pick Defenseman Shea Théodore - 

Theodore will play for Seattle in the WHL in 2013-2014.

Shea Théodore        

2^nd Round Pick Right Wing Nick Sörensen -

Sorensen will play for Quebec in the QMJHL in 2013-2014.

Nick Sörensen        

3^rd Round Pick Defenseman Keaton Thompson -

 

Keaton Thompson                  

5^th Round Pick Right Wing Grant Besse -

Besse enters his freshman season at the University of Wisconsin in 2013-2014.

Grant Besse      

6^th Round Pick Center Miro Aaltonen -

Miro is playing for the Blues in sm-liiga Finland's Pro league in 2013-2014.

Miro Aaltonen

2012 Draft Prospects Tracker

1^st Round Pick Defenseman Hampus Lindholm -

Lindholm is expected to play for Norfolk in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Hampus Lindholm        

2^nd Round Pick Forward Nicolas Kerdiles -

Kerdiles enters his sophomore season at the University of Wisconsin in 2013-2014.

Nicolas Kerdiles        

3^rd Round Pick Goaltender Frederik Andersen -

Andersen is expected to play for Norfolk in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Frederik Andersen 

4^th Round Pick Left Wing Kevin Roy -

Roy enters his sophomore season at the Northeastern University in 2013-2014.

Kevin Roy         

4^th Round Pick Defenseman Andrew O'Brien -

Andrew is expected to play for Norfolk in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Andrew O'Brien       

5^th Round Pick Defenseman Brian Cooper -

Cooper enters his sophomore season at the Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha in 2013-2014.

Brian Cooper       

7^th Round Pick Defenseman Kenton Helgesen -

Helgesen will play for Calgary in the WHL in 2013-2014.

Kenton Helgesen        

7^th Round Pick Defenseman Jaycob Megna -
Megna enters his junior season at the Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha in 2013-2014.

Jaycob Megna   

2011 Draft Prospects Tracker

1^st Round Draft Pick Center Rickard Rakell -

Rakell is expected to play for Norfolk in the AHL in 2013-2014.

 

Rickard Rakell

2^nd Round Draft Pick Goaltender John Gibson -

Gibson is expected to play for Norfolk in the AHL in 2013-2014.

 

John Gibson                

2^nd Round Pick Center William Karlsson -

Karlsson is playing for HV71 in the SHL in 2013-2014.

William Karlsson        

3^rd Round Pick Center Joseph Cramarossa -

Joseph will play for Norfolk in the AHL in 2013-2014.

 

Joseph Cramarossa                

3^rd Round Pick Defenseman Andrew Welinski -

Welinski is expected to play his sophomore season for the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 2013-2014.

 

Andrew Welinski                

5^th Round Pick Left Wing Max Friberg -

Friberg will play for Norfolk in the AHL in 2013-2014.
 

Max Friberg                

6^th Round Pick Defenseman Josh Manson -

Manson enters his junior season at Northeastern University in 2013-2014.
 

Josh Manson